Education Related Links

Special Education Related Links and Resources

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abcteach: The purpose of abcteach is to provide educationally sound suggestions that help with learning and teaching. abcteach provides on line materials for easy and immediate use by kids, student teachers, teachers, parents, and other visitors to the site.

AIM Manufacturing - How Things are Made: AIM has developed an introductory website for kids and adults showing how various items are made. It covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes, and includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. It is targeted towards non-engineers.

American School Directory: A site for obtaining accurate and timely information on K-12 schools. For the past five years ASD has provided every K-12 school with a free web site containing unique features.

American West: A presentation of the history and development of the American West, from the frontier and pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's modern West.

America's Library - U.S.: From the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the nation's library. This site was designed especially with young people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages.

Anthropology - National Museum of Natural History: The Dept. of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History houses nearly 3 million archaeological, ethnological, manuscripts, photographs, and physical anthropology specimens from all over the world.

Aplusmath: A site dedicated to helping students improve their math skills. There is a Homework Helper, Game Room (e.g., Flash Cards, Math Word Find), Flashcard Creator, and Worksheets

AskERIC - Education Resources Information Center: A federally-funded (USDOE) national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. It is more than just lesson plans and educational resources. Hosted by the Information Institute of Syracuse.

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Beakman's World: Kid-oriented site on television's science show Beakman's World.

Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA): A California program with local participating agencies that supports individuals in their first and second years of teaching through mentoring and coaching, professional development and training activities, and assessment of professional growth.

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids: Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is brought to the World Wide Web as a service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Ben's Guide serves as the educational component of GPO Access.

Biology in Motion: Dr. Saul has created animations, interactive activities, and cartoons designed to make learning biology a richer, more engaging experience.

BookAdventure: A free reading motivation program for children in Grades k-8. Children create their own book list from over 5400 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.

BTSA (Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment):The Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) Program provides opportunities for fully-prepared first and second year teachers to expand and deepen their teaching knowledge and skill.

California Learning Resource Network (CLRN): Purpose of CLRN is to provide a one-stop information source that enables California educators to identify supplemental electronic learning resources that both meet local instructional needs and Clifornia frameworks and standards.

California Teacher Exams - CSET/SSAT: California teaching credential candidates are required by law to verify their subject matter knowledge and competencies and are provided two alternative paths for fulfilling this requirement. One way is to complete a program of subject matter preparation

California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP):Funded by the Education Technology Local Assistance Program, CTAP focuses on promoting the effective use of educational technology through regional coordination of educational support services based on local needs. Info on grants, instructional resources, professional development, state buying and licensing, standards and assessment.

CasaNotes - Tool: Designed to allow teachers to quickly make, and customize, typical notes (in Spanish or English) sent home to parents or given to the students. This is done by using customizable templates

CHEMystery: An Interactive Guide to Chemistry: CHEMystery is a virtual chemistry textbook, intended to provide an interactive guide for high school chemistry students. In addition, CHEMystery allows you to further expand your chemistry knowledge by letting you interact with other Internet resources on the World Wide Web.

Children's Literature Web Guide(CLWG): The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Searchable database of teaching ideas for specific books (Doucette Index), and other references.

CSET/SSAT - California Teacher Exams: California teaching credential candidates are required by law to verify their subject matter knowledge and competencies and are provided two alternative paths for fulfilling this requirement. One way is to complete a program of subject matter preparation. The other is through an exam.

CTAP - Region 3: Region 3-specific site for the CTAP. Covers northern-central California out of the Sacramento County Office of Education.

Dinosaurs - BBC: A huge site which is filled with facts, timelines, and even some games on the topic of dinosaurs.

Directory - Teacher Education Training Programs: A complete directory on the web of teacher education degree and certificate programs. It includes over 20,000 teacher education degree and certificate programs, offered by over 1,700 colleges and school districts across the U.S.

Discovery School: Offers teacher resources and tools for creating classroom materials. Produced by the Discovery Channel

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EconEdLink: A program of the National Council on Economic Education and members of the MarcoPolo consortium. A source of classroom tested, internetbased economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students.

Education Resources Information Center (AskERIC): A federally-funded (USDOE) national information system that provides, through its 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, associated adjunct clearinghouses, and support components, a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues. It is more than just lesson plans and educational resources.

EduHound - K-12: A directory of educational resources created by the same folks that give you THE Journal Online. The links provide both web-based resources and resources that you can order for use in your classroom and library. Check out EduPuppy for the K-2 grades.

EduScapes: Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson have designed this website to share a love of learning with others. As authors and educators, they work with teachers, parents, and children around the world to effectively integrate technology into teaching and learning enviroments.

EdWeb: On-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom, etc.

Enchanted Learning: A site designed for preschool children and older. A variety of free topics and activities to explore such as: nursery rhymes, geography, bats, explorers, inventors, puzzles, art projects, etc. Software is also available for purchase.

EnglishBanana: English and Drama resources for teachers, students, and parents.

ESL/ELL Resources: ERIC and the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education have put together this resource listing websites for bilingual education. Resources are searchable or browsable by Most Popular, Curriculum and Instruction, and Resource Type.

English Server (EServer): Accessible writing. Contains works in 42 collections on such diverse topics as contemporary art, race, Internet studies, drama, design, gender studies, accessible publishing, and current political and social issues.

Exploratorium: If you have not yet been to San Francisco's Exploratorium, check it out here. Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center.

Filamentality: Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities. It combines the "filament" of the Web with a learner's "mentality".

Google Literacy Project: A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning.

Great Books Online [Bartleby's]: An internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse providing students/researchers with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge.

GreatSchools: Mission is to improve education by inspriring parents to be involved. Links to all school levels. Sections include health and development, academics and activities, learning disabilities [contains all of the past Schwab Learning content], involvement opportunities at schools, choosing the right school for your child, community blogs, and school information for many major cities (including Sacramento, CA).

History/Social Studies for K - 12 Teachers [part of Score]: The major purpose of this site is to encourage the use of the World Wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help for K-12 classroom teachers in locating and using the resources pertaining to the social sciences.

Homework Help for Kids - Math and Reading: A comprehensive directory of resources and articles dealing with children's education. Purpose is to help parents and children make informed decisions about school-related issues.

How Stuff Works: Fun, well-designed, kid-friendly site. I did not find a reference for "condenser" (at least not the automotive, non-air conditioner related, type), but was fascinated by what I found in the meantime.

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IBM Education - Technology Solutions for K12 Schools: "Discover how IBM e-business products and experience can help you improve student achievement and school accountability, provide professional development to help teachers integrate technology into the curriculum, accommodate rapidly growing student populations, and assure equity of access."

Internet2: Internet2 is a consortium being led by over 190 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.

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KID_INFO: Bill's itself as "The Web's Best Student Homework, Reference, and Resource." A great starting point for students to do indexed research by subject.

KidsKonnect: A question-answering, help and referral service to k-12 students on the Internet. The goal of the service is to help students access and use the information available on the internet effectively and effficiently.

KidSpace [Part of Education.com]: Educational solutions to parents and kids.

Kids' Vid: Kids' Vid is an instructional web site that gives teachers and students the tools necessary to implement video production in the classroom.

Lesson Bank - TeachersNet: Moderated by Dr. Bernie Poole, University of Pittsburg. The Teachers.Net Lesson Bank posts lesson plans via a template on a myriad of subjects. Teachers may use or submit these lesson plans for free.

Library (America's)/Library of Congress: From the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the nation's library. This site was designed especially with young people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages.

Library of Congress: The site mission is to make the LofC resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

Lil' Fingers Storybooks: Lil' Fingers is a storybook site for toddler age children with games, storybooks and coloring pages. The free toddler stories, activities and holiday sections are designed with bright colors and big buttons for little fingers to click on.

Literacy Project-Google: A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning.

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Map Machine - National Geographic: National Geographic provides photographic and illustrative maps of any region of the world. There is also a Flags and Facts section to learn more about any specific country.

Maps - Antiquarian: Original, full-color historical maps. Some maps date back as far as the 14th and 15th centuries.

Math Word Problems for Children: The goal of this math website is to help elementary and middle school children improve their math problem solving and critical-thinking skills. It has over 6,000 math word problems for children to enjoy!

National Center on Educational Outcomes: Provides national leadership in the participation of students with disabilities and limited English proficient students in national and state assessments, standards-setting efforts, and graduation requirements. The menu options lead to information about NCEO, its projects, its research findings and publications, and other related resources.

National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI): The mission of the National Institute for Urban School Improvement is to support inclusive urban communities, schools, and families to build their capacity for sustainable, successful urban education. Resources and publications.

Native American (4Directions Project): 4Directions schools use technology to share in the diversity of various cultures and to ensure that the voices of Native people are heard in the emerging information age. Resources, etc.

NativeWeb:"Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World." News, e-communities, books and music.

NEA Teacher Toolkit: A fully integrated web-based application that empowers teachers to make curricular decisions with confidence. It also promotes student evaluation and achievement while facilitating communication with parents and students.

New Horizons for Learning: A non-profit, international network of educators focused on identifyig, communicating, and implementing the most effective teaching and learning strategies at all ages and abilities.

Nine Planets: An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Text, images, sounds, and some movies.

Notable Pics: A tool that allows K-16 teachers and students to use their own photographs (or those which they have copyright permission) as the basis of a web-based lesson. Once the teacher has uploaded a photograph, the teacher can add facts to areas of Notable Pics.

NovelGuide: A free source for literary analysis on the web. They provide an educational supplement for the understanding of classic and contemporary Literature Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies

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Office of Vocational and Adult Education (USDOE): "On this site, you will find information about programs, grants, and events related to adult education and vocational education; school-to-work; high school reform; community colleges; correctional education; tribal colleges and universities; community technology centers; empowerment zones and enterprise communities; and teacher development activities."

OWL.org: A professional site for NEA members. Devoted to "Educators Helping Educators," OWL.org supports teachers and school staff with practical tips, strategies, community tools, and education materials.

Periodic Table of Elements: Chemistrydata.com is a quick referece for chemisty students offering Periodic Tables, and other information about the elements.

Personal Educational Press: This web site lets you turn your computer and printer into a printing press for free educational materials such as flashcards and game boards. This online tool runs directly off your browser - there are no plug-ins to install, no software to buy.

Pics4learning: Looking for images for your classes to use legally in class projects and reports? Pics4learning put together this site of images, along with a clear use policy for images. Teachers can get ideas for groups projects or reports using technology in the lessons.

PinkMonkey.com: PinkMonkey.com is a study resource for junior high, high school, college students, teachers and home schooling parents. Contains a large library of Literature Summaries, with 372 booknotes / chapter summaries / study notes online currently, and more.

: Included on this site are plays for K-12 students with appropriate age levels suggested.

Portals to the World (Library of Congress): Contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. Links are arranged by country/area sorted intoa wide range of broad categories.

Responsive Classroom: An approach to teaching and learning, kindergarten thru eighth grade. Developed by classroom teachers; consists of practical strategies for bringing together social and academic learning.

RICA Preparation Guide: On-line instructional modules and resources to help prepare for the RICA Examination. Materials also help teaching ALL California's readers and writers, but especially language minority students who are classified as limited English proficient.

Schrock's Guide for Educators: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Part of the Discovery Channel School.

Scribbles - Kids Art Site: Scribbles is a place for children of all ages who love to create art. Here you can learn about different Artists and their artwork. Children can do simple Art Projects and are welcome to enter our Contests.

Solar System Simulator: From NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (who also bring you fantastic space photos): " Welcome to the solar system simulator, a NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos. Select from the options below to have the simulator create a color image of your favorite planet or satellite!" Options include viewpoint and target, date and time, field of view, drawn-in orbits of other bodies.

SSAT/CSET - California Teacher Exams: California teaching credential candidates are required by law to verify their subject matter knowledge and competencies and are provided two alternative paths for fulfilling this requirement. One way is to complete a program of subject matter preparation, the other is through an exam.

StateStandards (part of Evision): State educational standards coupled to lesson plans and resources. By EdVision.

Study Habits: Study Habits is a site about developing good & effective study habits. It's also about teaching the essential study techniques and skills needed to succeed in college studies. The site is entirely run by students for students.

Study Place [Web Templates and Lessons]: Create a class home page using a simple form. Also lesson plans for students and some online learning activities. Developed and maintained by the Sacramento County Office of Education.

Study Skills [How to Study]: Site designed to help students of all ages do better in school. Topics include: preparing to study, listening skills, reading skills, taking notes, keeping track of assignments, etc.

StudyWeb [Part of Plato Learning]: Links for Learning. Search the collection of over 131,000 Research Quality URLs. Also in well-laid-out directory format. Student-oriented study resource.

Survivors - Shoah Visual History Foundation: In 1994, after filming Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg established Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation with an urgent mission: to chronicle, before it was too late, the firsthand accounts of survivors, liberators, rescuers, and other eyewitnesses of the Holocaust."

TEACH California: TEACH California is designed to provide information needed become a credentialed teacher in California. The sections within the Web site have been organized to answer your questions regarding the requirements for becoming a teacher, teaching jobs, etc.

Teach.gov: TEACH campaign is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education. Designed to raise awareness of the teaching profession and to provide tools needed to launch a career in education.

Windows to the Universe: Windows to the Universe purpose is to develop a fun and different Web site about the Earth and Space sciences. Windows to the Universe is graphics intensive! Entry options here lead to the Intermediate content level.

Worksheet Library: This site provides worksheets and tips for teachers at the elementary school level. Worksheets in categories of grade level, subjects, and standards. Some of the educational material is free, some at a nominal cost.

World Flag Database: Flag images with details and data about the entities they represent, including such flags as that of the OAU, with a list of member countries, flag dimensions and ratio, flag protocols, and languages.

World History - Hyperhistory Online: 2000 files covering 3000 years of world history. Categories include people, history, events, maps, color coded by subject (science/tech, culture/philosophy, religion, political/war). A hypertext history text indexed by a clickable wallmap of history which links to descriptions, maps, essays. Excellent.

World Lecture Hall (WLH): The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses in any language.

Yuckiest Site on the Internet!: Science fun. First there was mud. Then there were worms. and now there is Yucky! Test your skills with Whack-A-Roach. All you need to know about barfing, belching and blackheads! Plus mad scientist fun in Yucky Labs!